John Clarke (April 14, 1931 – October 16, 2019) was an American actor. Clarke is recognized for originating and portraying

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'' for 39 years, beginning with the debut of the program in 1965, until his retirement in 2004. In 1959, Clarke acted with

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''. In the 1961-1962 television season, he was cast in 27 episodes as Patrolman Joe Huddleston in

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series, '' The New Breed''. His daughter is actress

Melinda Clarke Melinda Patrice "Mindy" Clarke (born April 24, 1969) is an American actress. Clarke is known for portraying Faith Taylor on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1989–1990), Julie Cooper on Fox's teen drama series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2007) ...

, who started out on ''Days of our Lives'' and later played Julie Cooper on the television series, ''

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'' Clarke died on October 16, 2019, from complications of pneumonia at the age of 88.

Awards

He was nominated for the 1979 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for ''Days of Our Lives''. In 2005 he was awarded the

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Operation Bottleneck'' (1961) - Sgt. Marty Regan * ''

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'' (1961) - Deputy Sheriff Sam Freed * ''

Judgment at Nuremberg ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic courtroom drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietr ...

'' (1961) - Prison Guard (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1963) - Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) * '' The Thin Red Line'' (1964) - (uncredited) * '' Finger on the Trigger'' (1965) - Numitah * ''

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'' (1965) - Lt. Raskin * ''Critics and Other Freaks'' (1997) - Curmundgeon

Television

* ''

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'' (1959) - Tom Rutger * '' Destination Space'' (1959, TV Movie) - Space Ship Crew * ''

'' (1959, 1 episode) - Young Jerry Hearndan * '' Hawaiian Eye'' (1960, 1 episode) - Jablonsky * '' The New Breed'' (1961–1962, 27 episodes) - Officer Joe Huddleston * ''

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'' (1960–1968, 7 episodes) - Reverend Peter Green / Fred Gilmer / Maurice Dory / Bill Crawford / Virgil Earp / Harlow / Mark Kellogg / Will Skidmore * ''

'' (1965–2004) -

(final appearance)

References

External links

* 1931 births 2019 deaths American male soap opera actors American male television actors Male actors from Indiana Actors from South Bend, Indiana {{US-tv-actor-1930s-stub